The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2105
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2258
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 | 74.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.76° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.60° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.