The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 6, 1970
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
10:19 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.74° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.03° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.