The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 2017
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
2:49 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 281.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.37° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.30° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.