The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 1970
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
5:19 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.45° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.54° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.