The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2116
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
12:15 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2389
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 | 78.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.09° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.59° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.