The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1980
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
9:55 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 309.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 13.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.59° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.58° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.