The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
3:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.3° / 28.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.37° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.53° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.