The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2047
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
6:02 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1541
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.1° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.77° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.14° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.