The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1999
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
11:22 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 942
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 6.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.71° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.96° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.