The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1977
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
3:50 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 675
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.68° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.28° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.