The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1913
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
6:19 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -116
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 | 189.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 324.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.54° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.91° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.