The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 1905
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
7:49 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -221
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.32° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.84° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.