The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 2010
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
12:01 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 74.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 21.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.96° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.50° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.