The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2006
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
4:32 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 289.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.32° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.63° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.