The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 2000
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
8:06 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 954
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 | 193.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 328.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.82° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.53° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.