The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 1977
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
8:57 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.32° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.05° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.