The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 17, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
1:15 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 749
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.31° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.35° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.