The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1970
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
11:11 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 217.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 25.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.31° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.75° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.