The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1970
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
10:14 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 319.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.73° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.26° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.