The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2068
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
11:54 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1801
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 | 239.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.09° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.37° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.