The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
2:17 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 677
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.05° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.09° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.