The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
3:37 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 120.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 47.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.10° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.48° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.