The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2150
Last Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
1:51 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2814
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.96° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.27° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.