The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
1:50 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.34° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.81° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.