The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2053
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
10:43 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1616
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 | 48.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.51° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.53° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.