The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
3:01 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 13.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.36° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.66° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.