The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1935
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
12:45 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 158
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 | 252.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 24.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.75° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.65° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.