The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% 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
1:31 PM
3:30 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 274
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 | 106.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.06° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.62° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.