The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2017
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
12:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1164
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 236.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.90° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.94° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.