The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 2117
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
9:54 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2406
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.96° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.19° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.