The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 2038
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
9:15 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1430
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 | 211.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.47° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.18° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.