The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
2:03 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1021
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 | 127.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.58° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.50° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.