The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1944
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
7:28 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 270
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 146.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -6.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.96° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.51° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.