The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
5:35 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 682
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 | 153.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.98° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.08° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.