The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
1:03 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1924
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.86° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.54° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.