The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 2072
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
7:54 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1845
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.52° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.06° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| 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.