The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 2158
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2913
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.53° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.64° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.