The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 25, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
1:43 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 12.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.21° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.02° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.