The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 2088
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
8:12 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2047
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.26° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.10° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.