The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1970
Waning Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
4:13 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 26.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.53° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.12° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.