The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 1977
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -4.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.97° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.60° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.