The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1970
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / -1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.53° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.98° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.