The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
1:07 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1455
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.77° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.