The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2109
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2308
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 11.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.31° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.57° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.