The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
12:32 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1690
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 | 103.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 88.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.63° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.57° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.