The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1939
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
9:51 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 206
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -2.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.35° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.16° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.