The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 23, 1970
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
8:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 583
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.77° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.93° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.