The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1970
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
7:58 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 139.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.81° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.21° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.