The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1916
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
1:00 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -77
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 | 255.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.48° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.03° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.