The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1977
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
1:59 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.43° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.25° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.