The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1944
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
3:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 261
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 | 312.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 203.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -20.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.28° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.34° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.