The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
2:04 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2196
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 | 130.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.91° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.96° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.