The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 1953
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
11:57 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 378
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 | 73.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.88° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.38° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.