The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 1980
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
10:08 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.85° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.48° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.