The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1999
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 948
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 | 74.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.79° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.82° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.