The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
2:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1491
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.24° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.13° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.