The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
12:38 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 245
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 | 99.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.91° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.81° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.