The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1999
Waxing Crescent
24.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.2%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.42° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.64° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.