The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1980
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
3:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 202.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.05° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.19° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.