The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 1980
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
9:09 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.23° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.86° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.