The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
2:48 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.69° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.87° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.