The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1973
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
8:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 625
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 | 204.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.12° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.87° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.