The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1943
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
6:21 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 254
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 304.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.35° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.66° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.