The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 2148
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
10:17 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2790
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.89° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.79° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.