The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1981
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
8:22 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 200.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 320.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.20° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.86° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.