The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1914
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
1:47 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -110
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 | 310.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 214.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.13° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.75° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.