The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
5:36 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2938
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 321.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.54° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.75° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.