The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 1969
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
11:46 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.02° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.64° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.