The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1946
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
2:16 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 294
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 24.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.62° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.07° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.