The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2048
Waxing Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1553
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 | 76.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.77° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.57° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.