The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
3:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 677
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.91° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.91° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.