The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2045
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
10:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1517
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 | 67.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.57° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.27° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.87° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.