The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2091
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
10:13 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2086
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 | 35.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.42° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.17° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.