The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
5:35 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 583
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.22° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.93° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.