The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1960
Waning Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
12:12 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 459
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 | 279.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.51° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.54° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.