The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 1977
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
11:02 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -9.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.64° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.09° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.