The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2000
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
8:55 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 207.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.80° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.81° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.