The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
6:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3168
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 | 163.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 7.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.52° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.33° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| 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.