The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 1977
Waxing Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
9:42 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 677
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.03° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.30° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.