The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2057
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
7:29 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1664
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 | 197.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.26° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.23° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.