The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 1980
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
11:32 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.45° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.77° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.