The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
3:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 787
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 | 151.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.8° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -25.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.91° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.59° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.