The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1970
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
3:16 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 196.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.09° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.03° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.