The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1970
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
7:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 589
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -10.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.89° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.