The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 17, 2003
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
10:15 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 996
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.50° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.83° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| 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.