The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
4:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1627
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 | 156.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 1.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.18° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.77° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.