The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
4:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -117
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.7° / 346.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.17° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.83° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.