The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 1980
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.04° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.15° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| 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.