The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 1963
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
2:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 496
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.39° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.65° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.