The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1970
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
7:27 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.93° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.13° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.