The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1977
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
9:16 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 3.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.08° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.80° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.