The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2090
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
11:09 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2067
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.13° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.90° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.