The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
2:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -253
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 54.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.05° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.19° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.