The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
4:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 163.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.2° / 331.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.37° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.13° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.