The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2079
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
11:51 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1937
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 | 240.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.01° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.58° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.