The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 24, 1977
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
11:20 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 669
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.05° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.07° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.