The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 2050
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
5:28 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1572
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.07° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.17° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.