The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 7, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
5:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 343.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.13° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.75° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.