The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1933
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
4:47 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 133
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 201.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.92° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.52° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.