The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
3:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 150.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.6° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.18° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.77° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.