The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1970
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
11:08 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.31° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.18° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.