The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2001
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
7:48 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 339.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.0° / 168.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.11° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.44° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.