The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 2060
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
9:21 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1696
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -5.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.95° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.71° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.