The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 1955
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
7:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 140.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.78° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.24° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.