The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 2066
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
2:14 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1770
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 | 312.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.56° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.85° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.