The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 2011
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
8:46 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1095
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 | 208.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.14° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.23° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.