The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
9:35 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1010
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 9.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.82° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.41° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.