The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1970
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
11:49 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.24° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.88° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.