The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 1980
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
12:56 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.11° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.48° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.