The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
3:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 552
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.8° / 16.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -26.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.91° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.38° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.