The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 2188
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
12:16 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3279
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 | 285.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.26° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.50° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.