The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 2095
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
8:49 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2135
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.09° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.39° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.