The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 1990
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
6:01 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 838
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 | 348.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 170.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.83° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.23° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.