The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1950
Waxing Crescent
18.4% 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
11:05 AM
10:28 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 342
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.85° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.70° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.