The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2113
Waxing Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
11:39 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2358
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.02° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.43° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.