The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2029
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1318
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.05° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.37° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| 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.