The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2132
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2592
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 | 61.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.95° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.99° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.44° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.