The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 20, 1961
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 70.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 10.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.50° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.63° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.38° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.