The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
2:15 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3136
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.7° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.36° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.93° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.