The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
6:04 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 161.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 9.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.43° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.30° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.