The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
1:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 650
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 | 113.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 75.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.99° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.73° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.