The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1927
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
9:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 56
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.36° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.87° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| 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.