The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1980
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
6:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.37° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.94° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.