The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 1933
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
1:51 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 125
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 | 311.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 214.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -27.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.76° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.57° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.