The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 1980
Waning Gibbous
95.2% 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
7:29 PM
9:22 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 324.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.42° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.35° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| 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.