The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
75.9% 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
4:47 PM
2:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3001
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.38° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.57° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| 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.