The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1924
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
9:38 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 20
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 | 215.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.79° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.