The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 1989
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
7:20 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 818
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 8:43 AM, is deepest at 10:35 AM and ends at 12:27 PM. Totality lasts from 9:55 AM to 11:15 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 344.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 10.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.72° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.