The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 1970
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
12:20 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 581
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -10.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.68° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.13° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.27° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.