The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1970
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
10:46 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.00° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.39° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.