The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
3:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1257
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 | 151.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.4° / 13.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.58° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.98° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.