The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 1978
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 680
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.33° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.65° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.