The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1970
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
11:12 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.04° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.53° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.