The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1977
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
10:24 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.95° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.32° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.