The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
3:54 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 121.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.24° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.30° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.