The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
2:06 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 282
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 | 130.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -13.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.96° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.29° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.