The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
5:19 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1058
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.4° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.93° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.