The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
4:31 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2426
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.35° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.55° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| 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.