The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2020
Waning Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
6:30 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.1° / 221.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.02° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.43° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.