The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1962
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
9:17 PM
6:22 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 489
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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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 6:29 AM, is deepest at 7:54 AM and ends at 9:19 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 303.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.97° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.