The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2183
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
8:01 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3223
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.2° / 146.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.61° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.26° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.