The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
4:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 152.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 12.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.14° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.12° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| 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.