The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 1977
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 677
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 96.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.71° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.66° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.