The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 1977
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
2:32 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.63° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.21° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.