The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
2:06 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1214
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 | 100.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.36° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.07° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| 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.