The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
4:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.5° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.08° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.93° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.