The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
12:58 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2394
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 | 98.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.74° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.17° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.