The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1980
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 4.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.51° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.34° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.