The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2096
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
8:40 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2147
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 134.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.05° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.26° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 150.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.