The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 1979
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
5:25 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 322.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 206.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.78° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.75° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.