The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1958
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
9:50 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 441
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -1.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.61° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.36° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.