The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1970
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
10:42 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 111.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -28.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.76° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.07° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.