The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 2072
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
10:24 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1850
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.70° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.57° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.