The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2020
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
5:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.13° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.28° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.