The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 1980
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
11:54 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.87° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.90° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.