The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
2:17 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1256
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 | 132.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 67.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.78° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.72° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.