The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1920
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
10:55 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 64.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.38° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.51° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.