The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1980
Waning Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 3.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.96° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.05° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.