The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2079
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
9:36 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1931
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 | 236.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.38° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.49° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.