The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% 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
5:03 PM
2:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.28° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.04° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.