The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2030
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
11:17 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1331
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 | 232.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 10.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.00° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.76° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.