The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1970
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
7:05 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 153.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.76° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.36° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 5.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.