The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 1957
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
10:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 260.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.27° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.64° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.