The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1955
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
7:29 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.8° / 188.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 23.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.07° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.68° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.