The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1904
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
10:20 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -233
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 | 46.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.97° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.81° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.