The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 1984
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
9:41 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 756
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 | 231.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.99° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.69° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.