The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1980
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
4:35 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 187.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.02° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.38° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.