The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2015
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
9:54 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 113.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.85° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.16° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.