The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
6:18 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.88° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.03° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.