The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2076
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
10:07 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1900
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 | 221.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / -1.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.30° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.77° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.