The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1996
Waxing Crescent
10.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
10:00 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.2%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 911
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 | 37.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.08° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.73° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.