The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 2045
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
11:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1516
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 | 45.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.80° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.70° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.