The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 2173
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
12:18 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3099
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 | 83.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -8.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.09° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.96° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.