The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1979
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 693
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.13° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.85° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.28° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.