The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1980
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
9:09 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.83° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.38° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.