The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 1934
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
11:42 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 144
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 | 83.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -22.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.54° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.38° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.