The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1977
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
7:14 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 669
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 151.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.01° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.81° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.