The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 1939
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
7:47 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 14.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 146.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.12° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.34° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.