The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 1995
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 897
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 3.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.42° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.