The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
3:01 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 880
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 21.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.96° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.26° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.