The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 1998
Waning Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
3:02 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 934
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.55° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.48° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| 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.