The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 1980
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:18 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.76° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.37° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.