The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 1977
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
10:06 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.80° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.31° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.