The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
5:42 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1016
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 24.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.60° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.88° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.