The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1977
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
4:49 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 242.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.60° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.85° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.