The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 1977
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
11:50 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.74° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.61° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.