The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 2189
Waxing Crescent
33.7% 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
12:47 PM
11:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3298
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.24° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.