The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 1951
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
7:09 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 187.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.28° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.80° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.