The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1977
Waxing Crescent
45.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
12:17 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 669
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.15° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.73° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.