The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 16, 2020
Waning Crescent
41.7% 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
1:51 AM
12:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.24° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.16° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.