The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2015
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
9:48 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 18.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 113.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.36° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.98° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.