The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
4:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 217
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 | 158.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.6° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.72° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.14° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.