The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 1938
Waning Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
2:23 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 287.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.04° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.72° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.