The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 10, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
5:28 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 23.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.13° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.39° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.