The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 1980
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
2:21 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / 1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.84° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.75° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.