The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1905
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:03 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 209.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.22° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.49° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.