The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2046
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
5:39 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1528
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 8:06 PM, is deepest at 9:04 PM and ends at 10:02 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 308.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -23.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.92° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.18° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.