The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1905
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
10:21 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -213
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 309.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.00° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.65° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| 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.