The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 1977
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 16.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.76° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.00° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.