The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1927
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
9:29 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 51
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 | 224.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.07° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.48° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.