The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
1:10 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2530
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 | 98.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.55° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.97° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.