The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1933
Waning Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
6:39 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 131
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.0° / 232.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 26.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.67° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.76° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.