The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1954
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
12:54 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 255.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.39° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.46° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.