The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2084
Waning Gibbous
96.1% 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
9:06 PM
8:41 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1999
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 | 202.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.27° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.17° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.