The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1980
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
1:46 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Jupiter and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.63° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.54° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.