The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1980
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
11:23 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.53° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.75° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.