The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1980
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
7:15 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 352.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.60° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.18° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.