The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1914
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
5:12 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -104
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 | 311.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 27.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.79° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.44° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.