The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
2:45 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.85° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.42° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.