The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1954
Waning Gibbous
92.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
8:13 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 385
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 | 212.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.88° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.67° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.2° |
| 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.