The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
5:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 84
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 5.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.83° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.4° |
| 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.