The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1908
Waning Gibbous
62.7% 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
11:02 PM
12:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -178
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.76° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.51° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| 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.