The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1938
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 187
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 | 253.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.16° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.85° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.