The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1936
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
6:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 171
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 151.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.84° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.32° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.