The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2177
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3148
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.01° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.44° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.