The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 1988
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
11:36 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 78.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.47° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.83° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.