The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 3, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% 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
4:09 PM
6:04 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 14.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.73° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.46° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.