The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 1970
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
6:45 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 590
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 164.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.73° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.42° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.