The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1980
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
5:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 171.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.91° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.13° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 206.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.