The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
2:48 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 651
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 | 133.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.15° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.97° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.