The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 2044
Last Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
1:37 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1503
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.15° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.13° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.46° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.