The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1976
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 662
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 | 252.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 5.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.68° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.84° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.