The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1973
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
8:30 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 220.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.42° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.45° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.