The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1919
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -48
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.39° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.07° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.