The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1909
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
8:36 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -166
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.1° / 140.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.51° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.50° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.