The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 2068
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
9:23 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1800
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.24° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.63° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.