The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 1903
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -241
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.72° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.47° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.20° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.