The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1977
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
8:19 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 333.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.35° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.92° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.