The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1931
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
10:36 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 107
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.68° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.50° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.