The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2333
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.7° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.67° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.97° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.