The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1970
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
8:36 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 316.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.24° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.83° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.