The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
2:05 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 47
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 | 131.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.59° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.09° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.