The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2076
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
7:28 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1899
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.60° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.04° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.