The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1919
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
1:23 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -42
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 | 256.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.55° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.22° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.