The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 11, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
2:03 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.42° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.03° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.