The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1970
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.20° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.11° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.