The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2042
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
9:36 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 7.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.61° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.03° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.