The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 20, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
7:07 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 583
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 | 173.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 353.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.70° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.