The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2170
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
11:47 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3063
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 | 73.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.56° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.24° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.