The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2161
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
5:33 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2951
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 | 310.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.1° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 20.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.82° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.53° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.