The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1974
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
8:07 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 641
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 | 27.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 135.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.55° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.43° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.