The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1980
First Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.17° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.87° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.