The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1914
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
4:47 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -102
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 | 337.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 204.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.35° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.71° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.