The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 20, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
4:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 681
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.69° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.11° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.