The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1911
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
4:02 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 305.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.0° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.46° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.56° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.