The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1912
Waxing Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
10:05 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -128
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 | 65.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.30° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.42° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.55° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.