The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
2:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1121
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 | 132.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.69° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.38° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.