The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2166
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3013
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 | 261.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.45° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.79° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.