The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
12:03 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1554
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 | 98.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.88° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.79° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.