The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1989
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
8:48 PM
7:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 824
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 | 187.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 309.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.96° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.41° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.