The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 2015
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
8:37 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 134.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.11° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.29° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.