The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
3:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.41° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.10° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.