The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
5:41 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -23
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 15.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.81° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.33° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.