The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
2:57 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 316
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.81° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.71° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.