The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
3:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.91° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.72° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.