The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2152
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
8:50 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2840
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.81° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.58° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.