The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
12:38 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.28° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.96° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.