The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1977
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
9:37 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 677
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.43° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.10° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.