The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 2161
Waning Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
2:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2945
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 | 311.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 218.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.46° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.50° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.