The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
3:21 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.65° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.85° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.