The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2012
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
5:16 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 345.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 185.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.77° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.