The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1990
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
4:53 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 835
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 | 299.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.23° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.14° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.