The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 1938
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
1:12 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 255.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.15° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.02° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.