The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1930
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
11:15 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 88
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -23.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.24° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.47° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.