The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1917
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
7:06 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -68
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 | 344.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.0° / 203.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.70° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.80° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.