The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1985
New Moon
0.3% 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
5:30 AM
9:18 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 773
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.5° / 121.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 26.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.97° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.03° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 148.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.