The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1980
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
8:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 135.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.83° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.56° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.