The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1998
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
5:11 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 935
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 | 306.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.1° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.17° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.29° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.