The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
1:57 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3235
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -12.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.64° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.54° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.