The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
2:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1826
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 | 132.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.22° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.19° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.