The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1969
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
10:54 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 571
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.57° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.04° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.