The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
1:26 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2160
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 79.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.21° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.99° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.