The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -190
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 | 100.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.35° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.04° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.