The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2164
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
4:26 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2982
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 196.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.87° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.45° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| 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.