The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1979
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
12:08 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 278.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.65° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.95° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.35° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| 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.