The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 1970
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 27.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.24° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.92° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.