The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1912
First Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
11:02 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -126
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.79° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.34° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.