The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1182
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 | 62.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.85° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.65° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.84° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.