The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2006
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
10:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1028
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -22.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.84° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.40° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.51° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.