The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1970
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
2:36 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 28.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.64° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.73° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.