The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1950
First Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
10:57 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 344
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.71° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.94° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.