The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:53 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 122.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.55° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.51° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.