The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
1:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.93° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.23° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.