The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2069
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
8:33 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1814
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 132.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.25° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.89° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.