The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1980
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
11:29 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.28° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.51° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.