The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1934
Waxing Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
11:43 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 143
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 | 65.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.60° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.18° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| 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.