The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1925
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
3:37 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 26
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 202.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.18° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.25° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.