The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1992
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
10:48 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 861
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 | 226.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.49° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.40° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| 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.