The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1920
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
10:15 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 46.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -6.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.42° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.72° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.