The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2057
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
9:50 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1665
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.97° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.