The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1970
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
4:15 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 182.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.90° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.22° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.