The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
5:49 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 156.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 15.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.84° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.67° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.