The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1920
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
7:23 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -35
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 | 9.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 153.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.64° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.15° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.