The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1935
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
7:54 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 155
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.23° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.25° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.