The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1908
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.08° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.65° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.