The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2035
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% 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
6:46 PM
4:08 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1392
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.51° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.54° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.