The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1991
Waxing Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 848
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 | 78.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.02° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.44° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.98° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.