Moon calendar
December 1970
- 1 10%
- 2 17%
- 3 27%
- 4 37%
- 5 First qtr
- 6 60%
- 7 71%
- 8 80%
- 9 88%
- 10 94%
- 11 98%
- 12 Full
- 13 99%
- 14 96%
- 15 92%
- 16 86%
- 17 78%
- 18 70%
- 19 61%
- 20 Last qtr
- 21 42%
- 22 33%
- 23 24%
- 24 16%
- 25 9%
- 26 4%
- 27 1%
- 28 New
- 29 2%
- 30 7%
- 31 14%
- Moon phase
- Perigee or apogee
- Eclipse
- Planets
- Equinox or solstice
Events in December 1970
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
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3:36 PM
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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6:14 PM
Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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4:03 PM
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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1:10 PM
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
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4:09 PM
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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9:32 PM
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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1:35 AM
December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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2:23 PM
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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5:43 AM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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8:55 AM
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.