The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2019
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
8:32 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.87° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.39° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.