The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 1977
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
1:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.06° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.08° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.