The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1993
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
5:45 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 867
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 | 350.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.95° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.95° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.