The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2026
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
10:41 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1282
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 | 62.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.97° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.68° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.