The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1970
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
7:49 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 583
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.63° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.79° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.