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Moon Information For August 17 2018 (United States Minor Outlying Islands)

Moon August 17, 2018 (United States Minor Outlying Islands)

The Moon information shown here applies to Johnston Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands on Friday, August 17, 2018. (Local time Pacific/Johnston)

Moonrise to moonset12h55m
Moonrise13:08
Moonset00:13
Distance to the center of the Sun151,442,455 km
Distance to the center of Earth387,888 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)40.7%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonScorpio ♏
Moon age (days past new moon)6.5

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in August 2018.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and AldebaranAugust 6Aldebaran is 1.1 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and VenusAugust 14Venus is 6.4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Jupiter2018-08-17 00:38Jupiter is 4.8 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnAugust 20Saturn is 2.4 degrees South of the Moon.

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