The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 1977
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
8:19 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 669
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 136.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -7.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.61° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.62° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.