The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1982
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
7:35 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 740
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 144.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.99° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.10° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.