The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
1:42 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -54
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 | 121.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.96° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.13° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.