The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 1921
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
7:18 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -15
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 | 188.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 343.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.59° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.48° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.