The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
3:56 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 39.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.49° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.29° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.