The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1978
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
9:01 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 197.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 317.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.50° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.17° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.