The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
3:21 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.07° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.85° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.