The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2056
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1653
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 | 83.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.73° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.41° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.