The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
12:26 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.71° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.