The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 17, 2198
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
7:31 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3409
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 | 188.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.89° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.38° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.