The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1977
Waxing Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
11:18 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 677
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.47° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.87° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.