The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
1:19 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1220
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.74° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.97° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.