The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
2:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 669
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.77° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.42° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.