The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 1970
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
5:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.24° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.76° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.