The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1916
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
10:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -79
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 | 236.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.70° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.89° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.