The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
2:24 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 128.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 62.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.20° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.34° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.