The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 1970
Waning Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
12:35 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.44° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.15° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.