The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 2060
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
10:35 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1701
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 | 231.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.75° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.23° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.