The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1987
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
10:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 793
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 | 261.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.01° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.71° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.