The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1971
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
5:48 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 341.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 178.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.53° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.42° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.