The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 2080
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
6:09 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1943
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 166.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.47° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.75° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 0.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.