The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 2052
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1602
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 | 247.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / 1.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.83° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.