The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 1906
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
6:01 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -203
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 | 332.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.90° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.14° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.