The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1969
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
10:54 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 576
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 | 33.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.64° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.69° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.