The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1958
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
8:25 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 435
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 | 22.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 136.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / 0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.07° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.52° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.