The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
5:20 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 11.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / 2.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.88° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.79° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.