The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
1:25 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 885
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.22° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.92° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.