The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1970
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
2:29 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 209.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.64° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.85° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.