The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
12:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 96.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 86.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.61° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.21° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.