The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
5:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 888
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 | 159.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.02° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.