The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
4:55 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -52
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 | 148.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 1.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.68° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.00° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.