The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
2:42 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1684
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 24.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.15° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.66° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.