The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2125
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
10:02 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2506
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 | 218.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 3.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.38° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.