The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1930
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
12:38 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 93
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 2.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.37° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.87° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.