The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1965
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
9:46 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 526
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.12° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.45° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.