The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1959
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
8:31 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 455
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 | 191.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 323.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.72° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.38° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.