The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
5:07 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 24.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.21° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.16° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.