The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 2172
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
6:50 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3086
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.8° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.28° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.18° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.