The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1944
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
8:02 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 346.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.0° / 151.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.54° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.26° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.