The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:19 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2494
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 88.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.04° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.01° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.