The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1988
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
11:06 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 9.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.75° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.88° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.