The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2023
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
9:23 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 13.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 118.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.27° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.84° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.