The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 2060
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
1:16 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1702
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 | 255.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.06° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.97° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.