The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2080
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
9:50 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1950
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 | 32.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.95° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.39° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.