The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 1977
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
9:50 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.42° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.56° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.