The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 2, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
2:34 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -24.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.80° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.43° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.