The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2068
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
8:02 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1795
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 | 207.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.24° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.13° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.