The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 1977
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 675
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.85° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.62° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| 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.