The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 2022
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
10:43 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1231
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.91° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.61° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.