The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1925
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
7:33 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 32
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 | 339.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.8° / 171.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.60° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.45° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.