The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 1962
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
8:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 490
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.77° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.20° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.