The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 1977
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
10:52 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.42° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.42° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.