The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2148
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
10:19 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2791
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 | 36.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.57° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.95° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.