The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1909
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
6:38 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -171
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 160.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.10° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.42° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.