The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 2041
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
9:31 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1461
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.43° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.08° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.