The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 1977
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
2:57 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 675
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.83° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.05° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.