The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
4:51 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 583
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 28.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.34° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.07° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.