The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2199
Waning Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
2:35 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3415
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.37° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.12° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.