The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
1:17 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2431
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.79° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.35° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.