The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
2:13 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 39
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 | 103.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.00° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.91° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.