The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1980
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
7:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 352.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.37° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 189.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.