The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2014
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1132
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 | 251.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.23° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| 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.