The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1915
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
10:40 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -92
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.47° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.48° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.