The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
5:18 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1820
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 | 149.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 14.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.35° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.98° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| 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.