The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
2:01 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1449
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 | 98.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.52° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.45° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| 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.