The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2182
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
10:44 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3211
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.34° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.56° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.