The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
5:08 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 146.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.43° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.88° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.