The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1908
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
9:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -184
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 | 217.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 301.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / 1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.84° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.69° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.