The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1909
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
7:44 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -163
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 | 36.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.49° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.47° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.