The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
6:01 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 340.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -7.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.11° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.50° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.