The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
1:22 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 750
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 | 114.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.88° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.57° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.