The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1947
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
5:50 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 298
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 169.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.88° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.99° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 18.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.