The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 1970
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
7:43 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 139.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -25.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.99° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.81° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.