The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
2:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2766
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.24° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.37° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.