The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 2017
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
9:09 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1170
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.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.55° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.77° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.