The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 1972
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 613
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 | 82.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.89° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.56° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.