The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
2:04 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1825
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 | 117.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.31° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.95° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.