The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 1902
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
7:03 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 11:16 PM, is deepest at 1:03 AM and ends at 2:49 AM. Totality lasts from 12:18 AM to 1:48 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 347.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.45° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.68° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.