The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1979
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
3:10 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 285.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.71° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.68° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.