The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1942
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
11:41 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 243
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 | 66.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.78° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.03° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.