The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
5:52 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -17
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 335.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -12.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.51° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.18° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.