The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1977
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
9:06 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 30.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.71° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.