The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2077
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
2:36 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.15° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.39° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.