The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1996
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
9:55 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 21.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.02° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.54° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.