The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
6:35 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 677
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 340.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.28° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.40° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.