The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1992
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
1:31 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 863
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 | 250.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.30° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.55° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.