The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 2099
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
6:50 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2179
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 158.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.17° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.93° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.