The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 2039
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
7:33 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1442
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.2° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 23.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.89° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.82° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.