The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 1977
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
8:43 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.94° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.04° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.