The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1940
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
7:49 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 220
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 336.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 12.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.00° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.26° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.