The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1957
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
11:45 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 243.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.90° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.05° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.