The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
1:35 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.38° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.56° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.