The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 2107
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
4:25 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2277
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 196.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.72° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.20° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.