The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 2169
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
2:10 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3049
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.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.87° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.07° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.