The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2014
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1127
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 | 245.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -13.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.24° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.89° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.