The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1963
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
7:20 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 149.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.07° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.09° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.