The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2098
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2166
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 | 243.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.21° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.29° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.