The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1970
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
9:52 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.96° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.00° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.