The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 2123
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
5:40 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2481
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.11° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.92° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.