The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
6:40 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 10.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.78° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.26° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.