The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 7, 1970
Waxing Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
10:59 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -25.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.56° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.81° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.