The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1998
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
12:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 282.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.11° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.14° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.