The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2144
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
10:44 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2741
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 | 226.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.92° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.15° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.