The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1980
New Moon
0.1% 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
7:24 AM
5:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 705
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 171.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.32° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.43° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.