The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 1970
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
11:35 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.92° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.68° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.