The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 2193
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
9:04 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3341
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.75° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.99° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.