The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 1970
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
9:22 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.90° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.47° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.