The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2020
Waning Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
3:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 201.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.61° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.89° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.