The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1990
Waning Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
1:11 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 221.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -26.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.41° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.80° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.