The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1931
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
9:19 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 101
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 | 34.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 1.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.66° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.