The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1970
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
12:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.53° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.31° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.