The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2070
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
5:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.64° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.02° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.