The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 1960
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
5:13 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 465
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.7° / 239.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.61° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.91° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.