The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% 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
3:50 PM
5:42 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 19.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.68° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.45° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.