The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1917
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
8:25 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.91° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.53° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.