The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 1980
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
2:06 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.30° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.82° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.