The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 1932
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
7:59 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 119
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 301.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.57° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.18° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.