The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
3:44 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 123.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.95° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.06° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.