The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2008
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
7:28 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1059
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 | 189.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 308.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.46° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.22° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.