The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 2011
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
8:13 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1090
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -6.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.03° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.90° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.