The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 1970
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
9:15 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.30° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.03° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.