The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1974
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
7:23 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 637
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.1° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.81° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.47° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.