The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 1977
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
11:06 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 675
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.21° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.