The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1935
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
10:34 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 156
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 | 224.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.12° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.99° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.