The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1977
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
10:21 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 669
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 0.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.61° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.25° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.