The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 19, 1980
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
7:58 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 140.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.54° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.05° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.