The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1980
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
9:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 320.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.43° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.45° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.