The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1970
Waning Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
1:22 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.89° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.49° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.