The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 2009
Waning Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
2:01 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1065
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 | 311.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 215.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.57° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.61° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.