The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Waxing Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
11:13 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.78° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.15° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.