The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
4:48 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 31.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.91° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.58° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.