The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 2063
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
11:10 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1733
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 | 276.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 241.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.78° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.74° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| 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.