The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 17, 2193
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
12:15 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3347
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.40° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.97° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.