The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1976
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
3:18 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 665
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 | 285.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.93° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.81° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.