The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 1947
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
7:54 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 307
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 | 41.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.32° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.05° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.