The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2090
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2073
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.15° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.99° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.