The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1912
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
8:47 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -134
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 | 28.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.81° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.48° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.