The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% 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
1:55 PM
3:41 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1820
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.45° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.27° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.