The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 1992
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
9:02 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 860
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.68° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.64° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.