The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1970
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
6:25 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 178.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.83° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.20° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.