The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.22° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.40° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.