The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1980
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
10:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.57° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.71° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.