The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 1980
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
3:45 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 211.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.43° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.30° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.