The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 2123
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
3:38 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2480
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.76° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.11° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.