The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
3:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1727
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.8° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.55° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.58° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.