The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 1984
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
12:17 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 762
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 | 245.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.88° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.00° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.