The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1969
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
10:23 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 577
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 | 50.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.43° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.88° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| 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.