The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
1:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.52° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.39° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| 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.