The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2017
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
5:06 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 304.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.1° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.87° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.11° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.