The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1977
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
11:43 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.49° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.86° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.