The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
12:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 101.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.61° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.75° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.