The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 2129
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
8:35 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2550
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 134.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.37° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.80° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.