The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 1939
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
9:23 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 205
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.36° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.99° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.