The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 2055
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
2:32 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1639
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 | 278.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 7.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.27° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.65° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.