The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1939
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
9:45 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 62.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 118.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.55° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.38° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.