The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1980
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
12:50 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.90° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.21° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.