The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1954
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
10:26 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 222.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.81° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.