The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1980
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
8:27 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 337.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.58° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.22° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| 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.