The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 1952
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
4:56 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 368
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 | 345.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 194.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.91° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.33° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.