The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
12:19 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -225
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.27° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.72° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.