The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1947
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
9:05 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 303
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.6° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.91° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.35° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.