The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1970
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
9:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.20° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.25° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.