The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 13, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
4:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 3.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -13.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.01° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.67° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.