The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2003
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
9:35 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 991
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 | 230.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.05° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.50° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.