The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1977
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
9:32 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 307.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.47° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.18° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.