The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 2085
Waning Crescent
17.8% 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
4:29 AM
2:06 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2005
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 | 310.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.93° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.64° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.