The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1901
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
8:52 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -264
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 126.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.46° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.02° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.