The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
2:42 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2432
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 | 139.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.5° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -26.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.47° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.58° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.