The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1977
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
9:21 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 669
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 122.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.80° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.43° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.