The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
3:31 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.3° / 28.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -24.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.95° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.23° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.