The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 17, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
4:42 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 823
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.2° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.58° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.