The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 1933
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
5:21 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 130
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 | 305.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 25.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.64° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / -6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.95° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.