The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
5:28 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 137.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 28.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.47° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.25° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.