The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1977
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
2:55 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 212.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.90° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.43° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.