The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% 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
12:25 PM
2:38 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 106.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.39° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.05° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.