The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 1980
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
11:28 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.22° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.00° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.