The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1970
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
8:39 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -1.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.80° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.94° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.