The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
2:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1954
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 60.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.17° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.59° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.