The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1934
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
12:57 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 138
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 | 83.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.26° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.53° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.