The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 1973
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
1:44 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 628
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.42° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.75° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.