The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2040
First Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
12:59 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.09° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.93° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.