The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1980
Waxing Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 4.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.07° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.21° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.