The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% 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
3:56 PM
1:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 280
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.65° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.94° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.