The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 1977
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
7:46 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 313.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.62° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.