The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
5:04 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 781
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 | 132.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 32.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.51° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.67° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.