The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1970
Waning Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
11:56 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.73° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.83° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.