The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1989
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
11:25 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 826
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 | 219.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 25.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.13° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.55° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.