The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 2094
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
11:49 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2123
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -9.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.64° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.03° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.