The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
5:06 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2661
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 | 133.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 32.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.71° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.76° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.