The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
1:58 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -153
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -26.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.67° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.03° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.