The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 1970
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
8:19 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 135.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.92° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.18° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.