The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 2070
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
5:10 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1827
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.28° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.63° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.