The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% 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
7:07 PM
3:09 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1492
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 | 144.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.9° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -26.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.00° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.38° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.