The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
6:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2463
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 356.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 10.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.92° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.59° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.