The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
5:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 172.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 326.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.15° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.00° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.