The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1936
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
8:25 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 134.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.66° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.06° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 325.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.