The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2178
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
10:28 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3162
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 | 56.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.44° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.90° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.