The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1976
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 657
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.01° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.29° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.