The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
12:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.66° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.44° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.