The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
4:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -18
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 | 154.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 8.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.63° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.91° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.