The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
12:09 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 101.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.66° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.40° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.