The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 30, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
3:55 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 669
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 12m / 19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.64° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.12° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.