The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% 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
2:38 PM
4:19 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.66° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.73° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.