The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
1:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1120
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 | 109.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.68° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.11° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| 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.