The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2018
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.96° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.30° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.02° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.