The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
5:56 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1622
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 | 157.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.09° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.06° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.