The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
6:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 0.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.06° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.