The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
4:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 212
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.10° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.66° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.